prate
英 [pre?t]
美[pret]
- vt. 瞎扯
- n. 嘮叨；空談；瞎扯
- vi. 嘮叨
- n. (Prate)人名；(法)普拉特
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?prates;過去式:?prated;過去分詞:?prated;現在分詞:?prating;
中文詞源
prate 胡扯，瞎吹
來自中古英語praten,胡扯，瞎吹，來自Proto-Germanic*prattuz,夸夸其談，吹牛，擬聲詞，詞源同pretty.
英文詞源
- prate (v.)
- early 15c., from or related to Middle Dutch praten "to chatter" (c. 1400), from a Proto-Germanic imitative root (compare East Frisian proten, Middle Low German praten, Middle High German braten, Swedish prata "to talk, chatter"). Related: Prated; prating. As a noun from 1570s.
雙語例句
- 1. If the hen does not prate, she will not lay.
- 母雞不嘮叨不下蛋.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. Pen walked on, listening to his companion's prate, wondering, amused, and puzzled.
- 潘一路走去, 聽他同伴喋喋不休, 覺得又驚訝有趣, 又有些困惑不解.
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